adjective
quickly aroused to anger
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a hotheaded commander
• Syn: ↑choleric, ↑irascible, ↑hotheaded, ↑hot-tempered, ↑short-tempered
• Similar to: ↑ill-natured
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adj
fiery, impatient, impulsive, hot-tempered, irascible, testy, touchy, irritable, explosive, volcanic, waspish, choleric, excitable, quarrelsome, shrewish, snappy, temperamental, splenetic, petulant
≠ cool, dispassionate
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[adjective]
hot-tempered, choleric, fiery, irascible, irritable, quarrelsome, ratty (Brit. & N.Z. informal), testy, tetchy
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▶ adjective IRRITABLE, irascible, hot-tempered, short-tempered, snappish, fiery, touchy, volatile; cross, crabby, crotchety, cantankerous, grumpy, ill-tempered, bad-tempered, testy, tetchy, prickly, choleric; informal snappy, chippy, grouchy, cranky, on a short fuse; Brit. informal narky, ratty, eggy, like a bear with a sore head; N. Amer. informal soreheaded.
placid.
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\(ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ adjective : easily aroused to anger : irascible
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/kwik"tem"peuhrd/, adj.
easily angered.
[1820-30]
Syn. quarrelsome, testy, churlish, irascible.
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quick-temˈpered adjective
Irascible
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Main Entry: ↑quick
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someone who is quick-tempered becomes angry very easily
Thesaurus: words used to describe someone who is easily annoyed or difficult to pleasesynonym
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likely to become angry very quickly
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a quick-tempered woman
Useful english dictionary. 2012.